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From: Berhane Habtemariam (Berhane.Habtemariam@gmx.de)
Date: Mon Nov 01 2010 - 06:39:00 EST
<http://allafrica.com/sudan/> Sudan: Nation Reiterates Border Demarcation
Should Be Done Before Referendum
01 November 2010
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Khartoum - Sudan's National Congress Party (NCP) has denied reaching any
deal with its peace partner the SPLM allowing to hold the southern Sudan
referendum before to finalize border demarcation.
Southern Sudan leader, Salva Kiir Mayadrit said this week in a controversial
interview with the Khartoum based Al-Sudani newspaper that the NCP agreed in
a meeting held last Friday to conduct the referendum on South Sudan
independence before to demarcate the disputed border.
The northern Sudan ruling party stressed in different occasions that north
south border should be demarcated before the run of southern Sudan
independence vote, while the southern Sudan SPLM says difference on border
can be handled after the referendum.
Reacting to Kiir's statements, the head of NCP political secretariat Ibrahim
Ghandour told reporters in Khartoum that the demarcation of border remains a
very important issue. He further added that the presidency agreed only to
complete the demarcation of undisputed area (Eastern Sector) but there was
no agreement on the run of referenda before to finalize the border
demarcation.
A joint committee headed by Salah Gosh and Pagan Amum should meet on Monday
to discuss the disputed border, he further said.
The Sudanese presidency said in a statement released following a meeting
last Friday attended by the president and his two deputies it agreed to
complete the demarcation of the Eastern Sector and to delimit the undisputed
areas in the Central and Western Sectors.
The two parties of 2005 peace agreement failed to resolve their differences
on Abyei referendum and post referenda issues inducing border demarcation,
Sudan's debit, troops redeployment.
The presidency in a bid to overcome these divergences agreed to define a
"common vision" on the future of north-South relations after the vote on
independence and to settle the outstanding issues accordingly.
The US special envoy Scott Gration, who brokers Addis Ababa discussions over
Abyei and outstanding issues met Sunday with Galal Al-Dogair, minister of
international cooperation and leading member in Abyei committee.
Al-Dogair told the official SUNA that the meeting dealt with the outstanding
issues and Abyei and ways to secure successful round of talks on these
matters. He further pointed out they reached some progress on Abyei
referendum commission and border demarcation.
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